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<br />that he w~snow engaged in making a study of the needs of the Navajoln-j,
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<br />Mr;, ,I, J. Coury, of Fll..t'IIlington. New Mexi 00', i%U'ormed the COllIIl1iS-i
<br />sioner th/lt the people off the Reservation are as muoh interel!te9.,Jnde~1
<br />velop:tnglmdie.n le.nds as are those on the Reservation, and t~t. they.. 1
<br />realize thb.tthe Indian must be taken care of with irrigation in order t~
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<br />~~ f' A, Clay,. former Manager of the ~estern, Colorado POWl;lr Cont ,
<br />pany, infP..t'rm~dt.heconuusSiO, ner thatt~rough hJ.SBt, udJ.es . and. ,s,UYVe,ysfor.,.
<br />his Comp~, that the power possibilitJ.es on the Animas river were p1'aotl:-
<br />oally unlimited. !rhat he had an idea that, with power developed ,here. '
<br />watercout~ pe pumped to the Red Mesa, Dry Side and into the La Pl6.ta Rit
<br />ver cheaptl' than the oonduits could be built. That oheap p~r mee.ntth.p
<br />profitablO oper~ti()n of mines in this distriot, and that, as he remember!!
<br />ed his, fitures, ,to profitably smelt zinc, power must be had for around '
<br />$22.00 pel' hor'sepO'\'f&1' year. . ;.
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<br />The Florida River was next disoussed by Mr. A. L. Kroeger, Engi-i
<br />neer for,tl1e: FlQri4a Canal Company. and gave a written report on that part
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<br />LAND AND WATER REQUIREMEN~
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<br />FLORIDA MESA, COLORADO
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<br />: The Florida Mesa is situate4 in La Plata County, Co10-
<br />1'.do. abou~ ten miles southeast ot Durango, Co19rado, the
<br />ltrg$stoi~y and centr41 trading oenter of'southwestern
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<br />,This !\lesa lies between the Animas arid Florida rivers
<br />j*st' above their junction at the south end ot the area un-
<br />d.r ~onsideration.
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<br />, : Tpa Attitude ranges from 6500 feet abo'lre sea level !1ot
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<br />, ; iThe soil J.S a red clayey loam and is very produotive.,
<br />, TJj.$ lIlesa has a general slope to the south a."ld is more pr'
<br />. 1tss! r9l.:J,1ng east and west, It has e:;ccellent $ub-drll1nat;e
<br />. s~tllat the land does not beoome water-lQgged and get swampy.
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